> [Gisle.Salensminde]
>
> This option is quite cool, as it can write the numbers as text, the problem
> is
> that i think it get it slightly wrong.
>
> * (format t "~R" 750)
> seven hundred fifty
> NIL
>
> Shouldn't that be "seven hundred and fifty"?
> ^^^
For what it's worth, the proper style for writing dollar amounts on
checks in the US is (e.g.)
Seven hundred fifty and 67/100 dollars
The "and" is used as a decimal point, and is not supposed to appear
anywhere else.
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-- Drew McDermott
Yale University
Computer Science Department